Federal Alerts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has indefinitely stayed the deadline for compliance with the pay data collection aspects of the revised EEO-1 form.

The Department of Labor has released its annual Health and Welfare Fringe Benefits Rate adjustment for 2017-18, announcing two separate rates for the Service Contract Act.

For reporting in 2018 and going forward, government contractors will gain the efficiency of pulling a single data snapshot as of December 31 for reporting on both EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reports.  

As we reported last week, a district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule which sought to raise the required salary level to qualify for the white collar exemptions. With this ruling, the regulations will not go into effect on December 1, 2016.

As part of our commitment to providing you with guidance on this development we have prepared a Special Report which includes frequently asked questions, key decision points, sample employee communications and a link to the previously announced Jackson Lewis, P.C. webcast which is now available on demand. Click here to access the Special Report.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”)’s final rule regarding electronic reporting of work-related injuries and illnesses also requires employers to modify post-accident drug testing policies.

On Monday, November 14, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. 

If you were unable to attend our October 13, 2016, webcast titled “50 Days to Overtime Compliance; Are You Ready?” you can access it on demand.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has agreed to further postpone enforcement of its new final rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, until December 1, 2016. The agency also issued guidance explaining its position on incentive, disciplinary, and drug-testing programs.